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Cocoa and Butter Cake
Total time100 min
Prep15 min
Cook85 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Desserts

ChefFatima Jammoul

Cocoa and Butter Cake

Cocoa cake — distinctive, easy and quick to make. Homemade desserts are always lighter, tastier and more economical. Enjoy this delicious cake with tea.

Cocoa and Butter Cake — simple, perfect for a homemade dessert, and absolutely delicious

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8 servings

Ingredients

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  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 100 g butter at room temperature
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Here is Chocolate Sauce Cake from Fatima as well

Method

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  1. Place the butter and sugar in a mixer and beat well until the mixture is creamy and white.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time and continue beating.
  3. Add the flour, cocoa, milk, baking powder and vanilla and beat as well.
  4. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 170°C, and pour the batter into a buttered and floured pan.
    Timers: 10 min
  5. Bake the cake in the oven for about 40 minutes or according to your oven's strength.
    Timers: 40 min
  6. Let the cocoa and butter cake cool well at room temperature before serving.
  7. Fatima Jammoul
  8. Here is Fatima’s chocolate-sauce cake as well

Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeMediumLong cook

Notes and serving ideas

  • Chocolate Sauce Cake

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